New Nation Unit Exam Review

A compromise at the Constitutional convention calling for 3/5 of a state's slave population to be counted for the purpose of legislative representation.

• 3/5 Compromise

• Federalists

• Anti-federalists

• Great Compromise

What term matches the following definition: A compromise at the Constitutional Convention calling for a two house legislature, with one house elected on the basis of population and the other representing each states equally?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Federalists

• Anti-federalists

• Great Compromise

What term matches the following definition: Supporters of the Constitution during the debate over its ratification; favored a strong national government?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Federalists

• Anti-federalists

• Great Compromise

What term matches the following definition: Opponents of the Constitution during the debate over its ratification; opposed the concept of a strong central government?

• 3/5 Compromise

• Federalists

• Anti-federalists

• Judicial Review

• Great Compromise

What term matches the following definition: First ten amendments to the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights

• Whiskey Rebellion

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

What term matches the following definition: Controversy in 1789 over French demands for bribes from American negotiators?

• Bill of Rights

• Whiskey Rebellion

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

What term matches the following definition: A tax protest in the US beginning in 1791, the rebellion was provoked by imposition of an excise tax on distilled spirits?

• Bill of Rights

• Whiskey Rebellion

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

What term matches the following definition: Law passed by Congress in 1798 that enables the government to imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government?

• Bill of Rights

• Whiskey Rebellion

• XYZ Affair

• Alien and Sedition Acts

Why was the government created by the Articles of Confederation unsuccessful at solving many major problems?

• The unlimited power it gave to the Supreme Court

• Most power remained with state governments

• Members of Congress were elected according to each state’s population

• Political parties prevented the passage of legislation

Who presided over the Constitutional (Philadelphia) Convention?

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• James Madison

• George Washington